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Nigrimacula Shi, Bian & Zhou, gen. nov.

Description

Key to the species of Nigrimacula Shi, Bian & Zhou gen. nov.

1 Pronotal disc with only 1 pair of black brown spots along anterior margin (Fig. 1 A, G); apical area of male cerci with 2 triangular spines (Fig. 2 B)............................................ Nigrimacula binotata Shi, Bian & Zhou sp. nov.

- Pronotal disc with 2 pairs of black brown spots (Figs. 3 A, F; 4A, I; 5A)........................................... 2

2 Male cerci simple, internal margin with only 1 small tooth (Fig. 3 C); apical area bifurcated in lateral view (Fig. 3 C–D)...................................................... Nigrimacula paraquadrinotata (Wang, Liu & Li, 2015) com. nov. Male cerci complex, with many teeth...................................................................... 3

3 Base of male cerci with 1 digitate process on interno-dorsal margin, its apex obtusely rounded (Jiao et al., 2013: Fig. 2 C–D); interno-ventral margin of subbasal area with 1 lamellar process, its apex dentiform, the process connecting with 5–6 small

spines (Jiao et al., 2013: Fig. 2 E–F); internal margin of apical area nearly rectangular expansion, its apex with 15–16 teeth (Jiao et al., 2013: Fig. 2 F). Female subgenital plate nearly trapezoidal, posterior margin almost straight (Fig. 6 D)................................................................... Nigrimacula xizangensis (Jiao & Shi, 2013) com. nov.

- Apical area of male cerci obviously longitudinal concave, forming a cavity; interno-dorsal margin with 1 lamellar process, its apex with 9 teeth; 1 cylindrical process connecting the lamellar process, its apex with 7 teeth; internal margin with 1 spatulate process bearing 15 apical teeth; interno-ventral margin with 1 oblique, lamellar lobe, its apex with 7 teeth (Fig. 4 C–H). Female subgenital plate pentagonal, lateral margin of basal half nearly straight, posterior margin round angular (Fig. 4 L).................................................................. Nigrimacula quadrinotata (Bey-Bienko, 1971) com. nov.

Notes

Published as part of Shi, Fuming, Bian, Xun & Zhou, Zhijun, 2016, Comments on the status of Xiphidiopsis quadrinotata Bey-Bienko, 1971 and related species with one new genus and species (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Meconematinae), pp. 353-367 in Zootaxa 4105 (4) on pages 356-357, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4105.4.4, http://zenodo.org/record/262791

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Family
Tettigoniidae
Genus
Nigrimacula
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Orthoptera
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Shi, Bian & Zhou
Taxonomic status
gen. nov.
Taxon rank
genus
Taxonomic concept label
Nigrimacula Shi, Bian & Zhou, 2016

References

  • Wang, H. Q., Liu, X. W. & Li, K. (2015) New taxa of Meconematini (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Meconematinae) from Guangxi, China. Zootaxa, 3941 (4), 509 - 541.
  • Jiao, J., Shi, F. M. & Gao, J. G. (2013) Two new species of the genus Xizicus, 1993 (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Meconematinae) from Xizang, China. Zootaxa, 3694 (3), 296 - 300. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 3694.3.10
  • Bey-Bienko, G. Ya. (1971) The revision of the bush crickets of the genus Xiphidiopsis Redt. (Orthoptera, Tettigonioidea). Entomologicheskoe Obozrenie, 50: 827 - 848. [in Russian; English translation: A revision of the bush-crickets of the genus Xiphidiopsis Redt. (Orthoptera, Tettigonioidea). Entomological Review, 50, 472 - 483.]